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The Efficacy and Safety of Gentamicin Plus Azithromycin and Gemifloxacin Plus Azithromycin as Treatment of Uncomplicated Gonorrhea
Author(s) -
Robert D. Kirkcaldy,
Hillard Weinstock,
Page C. Moore,
Susan Philip,
Harold C. Wiesenfeld,
John R. Papp,
Peter R. Kerndt,
Shacondra M. Johnson,
Khalil G. Ghanem,
Edward W. Hook,
Lori Newman,
Deborah Dowell,
Carolyn Deal,
Jonathan Glock,
Lalitha Venkatasubramanian,
Linda M. McNeil,
Charlotte Perlowski,
Jeannette Y. Lee,
Shelly Lensing,
Nikole Trainor,
Shan Fuller,
Amelia Herrera,
Jonathan S. Carlson,
Hanne S. Harbison,
Connie Lenderman,
Paula Dixon,
Allison Whittington,
Ingrid Macio,
Carol L. Priest,
Abi Jett,
Tracy Campbell,
Apurva Uniyal,
LaShawnda Royal,
Marisol Mejia,
Jennifer Vonghack,
Susan Tobias,
Jonathan M. Zenilman,
Jill Long,
Alesia Harvey,
Kevin Pettus,
Samera Sharpe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu521
Subject(s) - azithromycin , medicine , gonorrhea , neisseria gonorrhoeae , population , adverse effect , cephalosporin , antibacterial agent , surgery , antibiotics , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology
Ceftriaxone is the foundation of currently recommended gonorrhea treatment. There is an urgent need for backup treatment options for patients with cephalosporin allergy or infections due to suspected cephalosporin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae. We evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of 2 combinations of existing noncephalosporin antimicrobials for treatment of patients with urogenital gonorrhea.

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